Federal government agencies are still fighting the last cybersecurity war, a new report says. 60 percent of government respondents said that network defenses were very effective at safeguarding data, higher than any other vertical. Data-at-rest defenses ranked dead last in terms of spending plans, 451 Research says. Only 37 percent of U.S. respondents said they’re increasing investment in protecting data at-rest, which is most of the breaches. 84 percent of respondents are planning on storing sensitive data in some form of public cloud environment within the next 12 months.”]
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